CHAMBERS OF A.W.E.
Acoustic Wave Emergence
Combining the power of sound, wisdom traditions, and cutting-edge technology to facilitate awe-inducing experiences, inner transformations, and healing. Founded by Laura Inserra, Chambers of AWE is a mission-driven production company rooted in 30 years of experience in immersive productions, global cross-cultural studies, and healing practices. Our passion is to help overcome the growing imbalance between humans and nature, our loss of community, and detachment from ancient wisdom.
QUALIA ~ Trailer
QUALIA is a full-dome film experience that merges immersive sound, 360º visuals, ancient wisdom, and cutting-edge technology to awaken your senses, deepen your connection with nature, and inspire inner transformation. More than a show, QUALIA is a journey through the 5 Elements—Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space—guided by ceremonial music and awe-inspiring visuals that stretch beyond the limits of the visible world. At its heart, QUALIA is an offering of sound as medicine, composed and performed by sound alchemist Laura Inserra using rare instruments rooted in sacred traditions. The visuals—blending real-world imagery, CGI, and scientific data—evoke both the overview effect of witnessing Earth from above and the inner-view effect of expanded self-awareness. Step beyond the ordinary into a state of awe and wonder. The word qualia refers to the deeply personal nature of perception—the colors we see, the emotions we feel, the meaning we assign to experience. It reminds us that reality is not something outside of us, but something we co-create within. QUALIA invites you to a sacred space where you become the creator of your own journey, perceiving reality through the lens of your own inner eyes. Whether you come to relax, reflect, dream, heal, or simply be, QUALIA meets you where you are—and carries you somewhere new. Enjoy the magic... A full-dome film experience designed for planetariums, QUALIA takes you on a journey through the 5 Elements – Earth, Water, Fire, Air, and Space – as a pathway into grounding, connecting, envisioning, harmonizing, and integrating. The music is an offering of sound as medicine, created to connect deeply with ourselves, the natural world, and the larger mystery of life. Composed and performed by sound alchemist Laura Inserra, featuring ceremonial instruments that have been used for centuries in sacred traditions around the world. The visuals, drawn from real-world imagery and scientific data, offer a reverent homage to the beauty and authenticity of what is real in a time when so much around us is simulated. QUALIA invites you to step beyond the ordinary and into a place of awe and wonder. It is up to you to experience QUALIA as a transformative journey, an immersion into beauty, a booster for creativity, a physical, mental, and emotional release, or a joyful and meaningful time to share with your friends and beloved ones. This is your QUALIA. Let your journey begin...
Upcoming Events
QUALIA at Fiske, BoulderSun, Jun 22Boulder
QUALIA at Fiske Planetarium, BoulderSun, Jul 27FISKE Planetarium
Testimonials
“a sense of inner peace never experienced before”
“physical and emotional pain release”
“mental clarity”
“inner guidance”
“a boost of creativity“
“a connection to the ancestors“
“a feeling of being at home“
“a life transforming experience”
“a psychedelic journey without medicine“
“a clear felt experience that all is interconnected“
“a renewed relationship with nature”
Artist Statement
When we are in ‘awe’ we naturally enter a state of mindfulness and presence with our whole body and senses. We naturally are in the 'here and now’. In Laura’s work the awe is created by Acoustic Waves Emergence. As in alchemy and in nature, the emergent property allows the whole to be greater than the sum of the parts, acquiring qualities that its parts do not have. In the digital era, we actually went in the other direction: as we created more compact and lighter formats (CDs, MP3s etc.), we cut off a lot of frequencies deemed ‘useless’ without realizing we were losing a lot of their inaudible, powerful impact. There are frequencies our ears do not hear but that our bones, our cells, our mind perceive. On top of it, we are not being exposed as much to ancient acoustic sources of sound and instruments, which used to bring people into different states of consciousness. Those experiences were essential opportunities for healing, well-being, and transformation. After all, we are made of cells vibrating on different frequencies, which means we are ‘sound’. That is why those experiences allowed people to amplify their senses and connect with the vast, holistic intelligence of their being and environment. These days, not only we have lost those experiences, but we live in an environment filled with disruptive frequencies and sounds. Chambers of AWE brings back those lost frequencies as sources of nourishment and tools to expand our senses, our body intelligence, our awareness. A lot of those sounds are in the lower frequency range. Many apps and devices use that range to generate states of relaxation, meditation, and enhanced creativity, yet those waves are made with computers using synthesizers and oscillators, which isolate the frequency in order to reproduce it. Nothing in nature is ‘isolated’. Acoustic sources of sound therefore have a much richer spectrum and texture of frequencies and harmonics (which no synthesizer can match), reaching and touching our system in a multidimensional way.
